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Message: [QUOTE="BfromCT, post: 3479262, member: 10542"] Subject: The Freshmen There has been a good deal discussion of late about the play of Anna Makurat and Aubrey Griffin and the grades both have earned for this season. Both have mproved over the course of the season. Anna shows a maturity and floor leadership that belies her frosh status, while Aubrey’s disruptive presence on the court and leaping ability is a joy to behold. How they rank with previous outstanding frosh players to my mind is still a question. In a recent discussion on grading, a number of respondents gave them A’s. Although they are both good and may turn out to be special players, such represents grade inflation and, perhaps, a lack of perspective on others who had outstanding freshman seasons. Going back to 1994, these are the freshmen that I remember who had terrific inaugural seasons - Nykesha Sales, Svetlana Abrosimova, Shea Ralph, Diana Taurasi, Maya Moore, and Breanna Stewart. These all deserve an A with A+ reserved for Maya. The second B to B+ rank consists of players like Ann Strother, Barbara Turner, Stephanie Dolson, Kaleeena Mosquda-Lewis, Kia Nurse, and Christyn Williams. A third class is composed of C+ players who had good moments, but were not as productive as those in the first two categories, like Amy Duran, Ashja Jones, Tamika Williams, Swin Cash, Katie Lou Samuelson, and Crystal Dangerfield, among others. This list is not exhaustive and some may disagree with the choices, but the attempt has been made to provide some sort of context for an evaluation of this season’s first year players. My tentative grade for Anna and Aubrey is C+, but with the final exam of the NCAA tournament cancelled, this will have to stand. They will both likely be major forces next season, whether as starters or not, and it is too bad that they will not be getting tournament seasoning. If I were to choose which one was more likely to be a starter, that player would be Anna Makurat. [/QUOTE]

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